Why 2017 is the year of Nicole Kidman

The Aussie star is in the news for all the right reasons

Nicole Kidman is having a busy year, and we’re all quite glad. Over the years, the almost-6ft-tall actor has played many parts—the beautiful heroine of an ill-fated love story in Moulin Rouge! (2001); the witch in Bewitched (2005); the diabolical Marisa Coulter in The Golden Compass (2007); the grieving mother in Rabbit Hole (2010), for which she won Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations; the adoptive mother in Lion (2016), for which she (again) bagged an Academy Award nomination… Over the years, her choice of roles has spanned nose-twitching kiddie films and the controversial avant garde, the magical and the real, sometimes aided by her stunning beauty, often unhindered by it. Here are five reasons we think she’s having the time of her life in 2017:

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She was Celeste

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She was Celeste

As the former lawyer Celeste Wright with a seemingly perfect life and the perfect family in the HBO miniseries Big Little Lies, Kidman stood out in a series with a standout everything. While Reese Witherspoon as Madeline had the best lines, Kidman, through a role of a lifetime showed us how big things can come in small(screen) packages.

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She ruled Cannes

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She ruled Cannes

The Cannes International Film Festival 2017 had more than a few of Nicole Kidman’s films screening. Whether rocking the silver Rodarte dress, the green Dior, the monochrome Calvin Klein by Appointment tulle confection, a black Versace day dress or the nude McQueen lace dress, Kidman’s red-carpet game has been on point.

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She’s starring in Yorgos Lanthimos’s next

She’s starring in Yorgos Lanthimos’s next

In case you didn’t know, Lanthimos is the guy who made The Lobster, that weird but cool Colin Farrell starrer where people who don’t find love quickly are turned into an animal of their choosing. More weirdness on the way.

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She’s at the head of the table in The Beguiled

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She’s at the head of the table in The Beguiled

The Beguiled, for which Sofia Coppola won Best Director at Cannes, is about a Union soldier (Colin Farrell) who finds refuge in a girls’ school and the tensions his stay unleashes. Kidman as the no-nonsense Martha Farnsworth should be a joy to watch.

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Have you even seen the stills of 'How To Talk To Girls At Parties'?

Have you even seen the stills of 'How To Talk To Girls At Parties'?

The stills of the film, with Kidman in a futuristic punk avatar as Queen Boadicea, have set the internet abuzz. Based on a short story by Neil Gaiman, the film will be helmed by John Cameron Mitchell, who previously directed Kidman in Rabbit Hole. Expect great things.